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CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:55 am

Black Sparrow wrote:
cjburgandy wrote:
Mercury Hat wrote:I think my dad's wife suspected me of being a lesbian at one point and is probably relieved that I am not.
yeah, my parents think I'm gay.... wait... I am.

My parents don't know squat. MWAHAHAHA...

... My dad's a hardcore conservative. I'm not arguing with him more than I need to.

my mom is probably one the most open minded people I know that doesn't hang out in a gay bar. My dad, not so much, but he doesn't have anything like religion hanging him up. He's totally a atheist. if it can't be explained by science, then we're not looking at it closely enough and we need to call another scientist. Kolter would probably like him. I think it's funny that my mom grew up in a southern baptist home and while she still has the christian mind set, she's nothing like the other Baptists that up here. (no offence to sane baptists, but Jerry Prevo is a nut case)

Guildmaster Van · Post by **Guildmaster Van** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:31 am

I'm straight, but I've made my parents question my sexuality thanks to the, as Dave Chapelle puts it, "borderline homosexuality activity" I as a young idiotic white person engage in.

One time I made a "Whose ass is this?" contest by mooning my camera with all my friends. Another one of my friends constantly calls me "sexy boy" and "my love"... in front of his girlfriend.

Bwa ha ha!

At least I'm doing better than another group of friends, who rather than play the standard "punch each other in the dick" game play a version more like Monkey Steals the Peach.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:35 am

Guys are funny.

Also, Mercury Hat wrote:That's going to be an interesting one to explain at the wedding...

And, yes. Yes, it is.
Her mom's a sweet lady, but very, very Christian.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:13 am

The Van wrote:I'm straight, but I've made my parents question my sexuality thanks to the, as Dave Chapelle puts it, "borderline homosexuality activity" I as a young idiotic white person engage in.

One time I made a "Whose ass is this?" contest by mooning my camera with all my friends. Another one of my friends constantly calls me "sexy boy" and "my love"... in front of his girlfriend.

Bwa ha ha!

At least I'm doing better than another group of friends, who rather than play the standard "punch each other in the dick" game play a version more like Monkey Steals the Peach.

This is "border line"? Jesus, lol

But my parents have doubted me too.

"Robby, you never bring your girlfriends around!"
(Little 7 y/o bro runs through the room, screaming, and playing something which, as far as I can tell, is Evil Space Ninja Pirate Shooter. Sound effects an music included)
"Yeah mum, I wonder."

Or that time they found a pic on the digi cam of me and like 10 friends mooning...

Or that time they pulled up by the school while we were smacking eachother's asses with belts.

But acting gay is one of the very wierd parts of friendship...its creepy. I mean, not its creepy acting gay, its just creepy to see your friends spanking eachother and moaning.

Oh, and, um, is biting another guy's nipples acting gay (Like, trying to rip it off, not a nibble) ?

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:38 am

My parents know nothing.

Although it's my grandmom that I'd be afraid to face if the family knew the truth. My sisters know all about me, they're very supportive.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:23 pm

Most of my close friendships with guys involve gay innuendos and jokes about balls and weiners and taking it in the butt. And get a little bit of alcohol in us, and it's tackle time, and then we surprise (or not so much surprise) each other by rubbing our feet on their legs, and then playing along with it. It's just funny to us, especially when it starts making someone uncomfortable.

Of course I've never done anything gay in front of my parents after the 'wrestling on the bed' stage as a young boy, which rather pissed off my parents instead of making them wonder about me. I'm sure if she had any question at all, she would sit me down and have a lecture about how homosexuals aren't in favor with God and they won't make it into Heaven. Bah.

Killbert-Robby wrote:Oh, and, um, is biting another guy's nipples acting gay (Like, trying to rip it off, not a nibble) ?

Nibbling would be more gay. Trying to rip it off, hell, that's maniacal.

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:53 pm

My parents spend half their time complaining about our gay neighbours, occasionally slipping in the odd homosexual-specific insult, i.e. Pillow-Biting-Turd-Burglars etc, (I don't think I need to give any more examples...) Although whenever they do this in earshot of me, they suddenly remember I'm in the room, then slowly turn around, give me a shifty look, and say "Not that there's anything wrong with that sort of thing..."

Hence proving my Parents think I'm gay.
To be honest, I think every parent suspect's their offspring of being gay.

To Summarise:
1 in 5 people are gay. Check four of your friends. If they're straight, it must be you.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:45 pm

Rickford wrote: 1 in 5 people are gay. Check four of your friends. If they're straight, it must be you.

I thought that was insanity...

in all seriousness, the current statistics (based on the late 1940's Kinsey reports) are about 10% gay, and I forget what the precentage is of how many bisexual. but that statistic is debated since Kinsey had to turn to prison populations for statistics. I think it is about accurate though.

Guildmaster Van · Post by **Guildmaster Van** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:02 pm

grabmygoblin wrote:I thought that was insanity...

in all seriousness, the current statistics (based on the late 1940's Kinsey reports) are about 10% gay, and I forget what the precentage is of how many bisexual. but that statistic is debated since Kinsey had to turn to prison populations for statistics. I think it is about accurate though.

I'm guessing the percentage for bisexuals is pretty high. I agree with the idea that sexuality is genetic; although life decisions play just as important roles in determining one's sexual orientation (Such as the guy with a wife and kid who suddenly "goes gay" without reason; who was probably leaning towards the other team in the first place but chose to follow society's "ideal" of a "normal" life)

Personally, I've thought about what it would be like batting for the other team like many people do growing up with youthful curiousity, but that's how I know I'm straight - it's just not me.

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:18 pm

People think I'm gay because I get along better with girls than guys.

My parents never said anything to me, but my dad did object to me going to Purchase in NY for college because "there's a lot of gay people there."

And there are. DUN DUN DUN.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:51 am

I showed up late for this, so I'll say it in two parts:

For the first post:

I can't do much in life. I suck at pretty much everything I attempt to do. But if there is one thing in this world I'm remotely good at, it's sencing people's nature.

I could tell you were not like your father is. That's why I was strictly apposed your banning the first time. I still think it was unwarrented, but that's in the past. The thing to focus on is in the fact that you want to be a better person, and realized that adding to the cycle only causes more people to become exactly like your father is. It's a trait few people have. I wouldn't call you worthless by any stretch of the imagination. You've got very good creative wit, and a very unique and entertaining artistic style. Sometimes your blunt, and your vocabulary is sometimes dependant on words with a total of four letters, but you rarely ever use them out of pure malice. In other words, don't get distressed over the things you can't change and instead focus on what you can do with yourself. No one can change the world. The best they can do is refuse to take part in the bullshit.

Onto the second topic:

I've always wondered why whenever men ask women what they want, and women tell them, they respond with 'That's so gay...' Yet, it's 'manly' to do things that impress their fellow men. It confuses me greatly. But that's becuse men are wierd.

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:59 am

Rickford wrote:1 in 5 people are gay. Check four of your friends. If they're straight, it must be you.

Or it could be that the gays are hanging out with the other gays and you're all straight...

JTigerclaw wrote:Nibbling would be more gay. Trying to rip it off, hell, that's maniacal.

Maniacal it is!

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:24 am

cjburgandy wrote: my mom is probably one the most open minded people I know that doesn't hang out in a gay bar. My dad, not so much, but he doesn't have anything like religion hanging him up. He's totally a atheist. if it can't be explained by science, then we're not looking at it closely enough and we need to call another scientist. Kolter would probably like him.

Except Kolter is a fairly serious pagan.

Yeah yeah - how can you be religious and have a deep love of science? Psh... easy. I don't look at religion to answer science questions, nor science to answer religous ones. Religion fills a need, and that need differs from the one science fills.

So yeah, I'd probably like your dad. We just wouldn't talk religion. I'd probably like your mom too - open minded people should be appreciated as things of beauty.

Er... so on topic. Sexually I'm straight as an arrow, a few isolated fairly innocent things aside as a kid. The idea of kissing or snuggling with another guy just doesn't excite me and kind of makes me go 'ick'. Not judging - do what's right for you; for me that's being straight.

However, religion is something I can talk about only with my parents and my grandmother on my mom's side. Everyone else on both sides is ardently Christian (of one flavor or another). We're actually a very loving family - and so I get a lot of crap because my family members are honestly worried about my soul. And there are a lot of them - nine aunts and uncles, all married and some with kids raised in that kind of setting.

None of them are bad people... well, one or two are, but you know what I mean. And they pester me not because they want to pester me, but because of a genuine worry for my soul. So I can't hate them for it. Thus, I do my best to steer topics away from religion.

Thus far the only trouble I've had is with one aunt, who once told me that my grandmother, who was dying of leukemia at the time, was dying because I wasn't Christian. I said something like, "The doctors think it's leukemia." and left it at that.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:45 am

rkolter wrote:We're actually a very loving family - and so I get a lot of crap because my family members are honestly worried about my soul. And there are a lot of them - nine aunts and uncles, all married and some with kids raised in that kind of setting.

None of them are bad people... well, one or two are, but you know what I mean. And they pester me not because they want to pester me, but because of a genuine worry for my soul. So I can't hate them for it. Thus, I do my best to steer topics away from religion.

I get the same thing. I follow a personal religion that's a little like neopaganism, but my entire family is Christian. My parents are always praying for me to come back to the light, and that's awesome just because they want me to get into Heaven instead of dying like an unbelieving heathen. I love them for it, and it makes me kind of sad that I can't go back to Christianity without betraying what I believe.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:16 pm

I haven't told my parents yet that I'm bi. Actually, I really haven't told anyone, excepting Jim and y'all here on the internet, and I guess a couple of other friends might've guessed by now, but I don't know. Dad wouldn't mind, since he's about as open-minded as I am, but I'm not gonna tell him because I know it'd get back to mom, and she would use it as an excuse to widen the rift between us, and cause as much trouble as she could.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:17 pm

Kat North wrote:I haven't told my parents yet that I'm bi. Actually, I really haven't told anyone, excepting Jim and y'all here on the internet, and I guess a couple of other friends might've guessed by now, but I don't know. Dad wouldn't mind, since he's about as open-minded as I am, but I'm not gonna tell him because I know it'd get back to mom, and she would use it as an excuse to widen the rift between us, and cause as much trouble as she could.

you'd just better hope they don't frequent these forums.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:21 pm

legostargalactica wrote:you'd just better hope they don't frequent these forums.

No worries there! My mom still doesn't understand that she can check her email on other computers than the one in the back room of her house...and I think dad understands even less of the computer world.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:10 pm

I may have noticed this late, but YAY Kat drew the hat like me! *high five*

I wonder how much of a problem your mother actually would make of you being bi since you're married already. She isn't being threatened with not having grandkids, which I know some moms are hellbent on. But it's kinda late to tell them now, and if it's not eating at your conscience in any way, why bother?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:23 pm

JTigerclaw wrote:I may have noticed this late, but YAY Kat drew the hat like me! *high five*

I wonder how much of a problem your mother actually would make of you being bi since you're married already. She isn't being threatened with not having grandkids, which I know some moms are hellbent on. But it's kinda late to tell them now, and if it's not eating at your conscience in any way, why bother?

Dude, read Kat and Jim's other postings about Kat's mom. Gahhhh...

Ian Moulding · Post by **Ian Moulding** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:23 pm

rkolter wrote:Thus far the only trouble I've had is with one aunt, who once told me that my grandmother, who was dying of leukemia at the time, was dying because I wasn't Christian. I said something like, "The doctors think it's leukemia." and left it at that.

That's one classy broad.